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Synonyms for comb
koʊmcomb

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  1. combnoun

    Synonyms:
    cockscomb, crest

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  1. combnoun

    a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

    Synonyms:
    cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

  2. comb, cockscomb, coxcombnoun

    the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

    Synonyms:
    cockscomb, combing, common cockscomb, coxcomb

  3. combnoun

    any of several tools for straightening fibers

    Synonyms:
    cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

  4. combnoun

    ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

    Synonyms:
    cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

  5. comb, combingverb

    the act of drawing a comb through hair

    "his hair needed a comb"

    Synonyms:
    cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

  6. combverb

    straighten with a comb

    "comb your hair"

    Synonyms:
    comb out, disentangle, ransack

  7. comb, ransackverb

    search thoroughly

    "They combed the area for the missing child"

    Synonyms:
    rifle, foray, disentangle, ransack, loot, despoil, strip, comb out, pillage, reave, plunder

  8. comb, comb out, disentangleverb

    smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

    "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"

    Synonyms:
    unsnarl, disentangle, ransack, unwind, extricate, comb out, disencumber, disembroil, untangle, disinvolve, weed out, straighten out

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  1. combnoun

    Synonyms:
    crest, caruncle, head-tuft

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "comb":

    combis, comb., alveoli

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How to use comb in a sentence?

  1. Judith Stern:

    Experience: A comb life gives you after you lose your hair.

  2. Richard Pollack:

    Get yourself a good lice comb, read the instructions and use it.

  3. Sam Donofrio:

    The comb-over is now defined as a strong side part where the hair is combed over to one side and cut tight around the edges to convey a very vintage look, it is probably the most popular hairstyle that we are seeing.

  4. Giorgos Zambetas, Greek musician:

    Experience is a comb that is given to you, when you have already lost you hair.

  5. Shel Silverstein:

    Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before.


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